People Notes - June 2022

Lillian Daniel ‘93 M.Div. has been appointed UCC Conference Minister for Michigan. 
 
 
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Tim Ahrens ’85 M.Div. was a top winner in the Associated Church Press awards for 2021 for an article in the YDS journal, Reflections . The magazine, edited by Ray Waddle, also won two Awards of Excellence in the competition.
 
 
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Jamie Manson ‘02 M.Div., President of Catholics for Choice, was the subject of a profile by Religion News Service, headlined, “Creating a Catholic Church she can belong to.”
 
 
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Kevin Smith ‘83 M.A.R. has been appointed Director of the Colby College Libraries.
 
 
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Nia Campinha-Bacote ‘21 M.Div., Nedelka Prescod ‘23 M.Div., and JaQuan Beachem ‘21 M.Div. are curators of a newly released sonic-healing album titled “Gilead.”
 
 
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Herron Gaston ’14 M.Div., ‘15 S.T.M. has been elected Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport, effective July 1.  
 

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Stephen Butler Murray ‘98 M.Div. is the new Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Nantucket, Mass.
 
 
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Ana Kelsey-Powell ‘21 M.Div. is the new Director of Youth Ministries at Barrington United Methodist Church in Illinois.
 
 
 
 
June 8, 2022